Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 14
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

VINEYARD COMMUNITY CENTRE 

The Vineyard Community Centre opened in March 2012 with a vision to meet needs for the homeless and the socially excluded. The Centre provides a morning drop-in, an afternoon community cafe, a foodbank and a charity shop.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static
Established: 13 years

www.vineyardcommunity.org

Peter@vineyardcommunity.org

02082399383

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£809£722£86£21£381£3115.224170
30/06/22£536£658£-122£46£295£2614.819120
30/06/21£811£637£174£44£417£3787.116103
30/06/20£673£559£114£74£243£186414100
30/06/19£491£418£72n/an/an/an/an/a100
30/06/18£322£371£-50£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£316£277£38£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£199£242£-42£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£241£197£44£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£179£168£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£141£135£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£200£163£37£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 5.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 32.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Richmond Upon Thames,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 24 employees
  • 170 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£263,600
The Trussell Trust£82,705
The London Community Foundation£37,361
William Grant Foundation£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£14,082
London Catalyst£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Richmond Foodbank
£34,214 02/03/2023
Volunteer Coordinator (21hpw), Laptop
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Richmond Foodbank
£30,820 16/11/2022
Additional food storage, welcoming reception area, x2 new food bank hubs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Richmond Foodbank
£5,000 13/10/2022
Emergency grant
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Vineyard Community Centre
£263,600 28/09/2022
60
£263,600 over five years (£48,100; £49,600 £51,100; £55,200; £59,600) towards the costs of a full-time Foodbank Manager and associated costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 04/02/2022
Help in Crisis - Hope for Life
London Catalyst - Vineyard Community Centre - 7
£2,000 07/09/2021
Hardship Fund
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Richmond Foodbank
£4,751 20/01/2021
Increased hours of Foodbank Logistics Coordinator for 4 months.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to The Vineyard Community Centre
£9,966 01/12/2020
5
The provision of free hot breakfasts for up to 50 street homeless people in the mornings as well as subsidised meals for other vulnerable people in our community cafe in the afternoons.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Richmond Foodbank
£3,920 07/10/2020
CV emergency costs: storage costs
London Catalyst - Vineyard Community Centre - 6
£5,000 08/09/2020
Building Extension - making it safe to reopen after Covid19
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to The Vineyard Community Centre
£14,082 23/07/2020
Grant to The Vineyard Community Centre meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to The Vineyard Community Centre
£27,395 07/05/2020
The funding is for the development of a new integrated service, working remotely, providing advice and support and delivering food parcels and precooked meals to vulnerable people. Funds are needed ....more
CAF - Grant to The Vineyard Community Centre
£5,500 06/05/2020
3
Grant to The Vineyard Community Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
Heathrow Community Trust - support to homeless and disadvantaged community in Richmond during Covid19
£2,500 03/04/2020
6
We run the Richmond Food Banks and we have already seen an increased demand for our services. Four of our satellite food banks are this week still distributing food parcels at the door but ....more
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Richmond Foodbank
£4,000 26/03/2020
CV emergency costs: salary costs, food purchase
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Vineyard Community Centre
£3,000 04/12/2019
12
Small Grant unrestricted core costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Vineyard Community Centre
£7,368 15/11/2019
We want to maintain our food-bank in Richmond, Isleworth, Hampton and Barnes, providing food to 2,300 people including 700 children.
London Catalyst - Vineyard Community Centre - 2
£3,000 03/09/2019
Further development of Community Nurse Scheme
William Grant Foundation - Building upgrade
£30,000 26/06/2019
3
Towards the cost of a range of works carried out during August 2019, principally the purchase and installation of a new external stair. This grant was made to align with William Grant & Sons' ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 07/03/2019
The Vineyard Community
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Richmond Foodbank
£7,449 31/12/2018
12
Set up new food bank distribution centre
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Richmond Foodbank
£5,718 12/12/2018
New distribution centre
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Vineyard Community Centre
£6,650 04/12/2018
Towards the costs of running foodbanks, excluding salaries.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Vineyard Community Centre
£11,962 14/11/2018
12
The Vineyard Community Centre provides a range of practical support for people who are homeless and/or vulnerable in Richmond. It is seeking funding for the Inform CRM system, a new integrated ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Vineyard Community Centre
£2,798 29/11/2017
Fund a community nurse who offers a home outreach service that integrates physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual and social health.
London Catalyst - Vineyard Community Centre - 1
£5,000 10/05/2016
Community Outreach Nurse
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/2011, number: 1143951
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/06/2011, number: 07669793
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HAM INSTITUTE on 15/10/2020
Main office

The Vineyard Centre
The Vineyard
Richmond
Richmond
Surrey
TW10 6AQ

Objectives

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN RICHMOND-UPON-THAMES2. THE RELIEF OF NEED AND SICKNESS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A FOCUS ON HELPING THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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